Devious Collection

Long John Silver / Parrot
For generations of readers, the archetypal pirate is Long John Silver, the devious and malevolent villain of Robert Louis Stevensons Treasure Island - parrot and all !

Mr Jingle, Pickwick Papers
Charles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Mr Jingle, Pickwick Papers. 1912

FLIGHT OF LEUDASTE
The lecherous and devious Leudaste, risen from serfdom to count of Tours, flees from his many enemies : he will beg mercy of the queen, but she has him battered to death Date: 582

WW1 - French arrest a decrepit old woman (a German spy)
WW1 - The Germans gave the old woman a new white blanket and bribed her to walk behind any French battery that might take up a position near a certain village on the Aisne

Cartoon of Harry Wall, theatrical agent, plotting to find a way around the new Copyright (Musical Compositions) Act -- Over the Garden Wall. 1882

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Nark. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Snoop. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Antoine De Granvielle
ANTOINE DE GRANVELLE Devious French churchman, cardinal, active in the Netherlands. Date: 1517 - 1586

Saye & Sele (Geremia)
WILLIAM FIENNES, first viscount SAYE & SELE devious statesman who was known as Old Subtlety Date: 1582 - 1662

Patrick Ruthven
PATRICK RUTHVEN earl of Forth and Brentford Scottish soldier and statesman of devious allegiances Date: 1573 - 1651

Kazimierz Pulaski
KAZIMIERZ PULASKI PONIATOWSKI - sometime lover of Catherine the Great, but her devious foreign policy led to his abdication and the destruction of his country. Date: 1748 - 1779

Stanislaw Poniatowski
STANISLAW II AUGUST PONIATOWSKI - sometime lover of Catherine the Great, but her devious foreign policy led to his abdication and the destruction of his country. Date: 1732 - 1798

Louis XIII of Age
Louis is declared by Parlement to be of age : his mother the rapacious and devious Marie de Medicis, who has ruled as his governor, now has to take a back seat. Date: October 1614

On the Ponte della Paglia: Going to the Council
Engraving from a painting by H.Wallis, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1876, entitled On the Ponte della Paglia: Going to the Council

Puss in Boots - 6
Happy ending ! The Marquis de Carabas marries the Princess, thanks to Pusss devious and deceitful cunning. All shall live happily ever after !

Saye & Sele (Anon)
WILLIAM FIENNES, first viscount SAYE & SELE devious statesman who was known as Old Subtlety

Albers as Scarpia
Albers as the devious Scarpia who tricks Tosca and is murdered by her

Hunting Alphabet - Z
Z for the Zig-zags the old foxes plan - follow their devious path if you can !

Otto III & Adalbert
Emperor Otto III at the tomb of saint Adalbert of Prague, a somewhat devious cleric who was murdered on suspicion of being a Polish spy while working as a missionary

Queen Victoria is offered a new crown
New crowns for old ones! Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli offers Queen Victoria the imperial crown of India, in a spoof cartoon on an Arabian Nights tale (Aladdins new lamps for old)

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